Undertow by Kelly Cozy-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 18, 2014

Drew Finley was a crime journalist, until his mind couldn’t shut out the images of blood and bodies. Alcohol made the images go away, but also ruined Drew’s career and innocents’ lives.

Drew’s eager to make amends and he’s got a story that will help him: a profile of a local celebrity who may have been framed for murder. As he digs deeper, he’ll uncover secrets and grudges that will put the people he loves in danger.

REVIEW:

Reviewing books by Kelly Cozy is becoming difficult. How many times can I use the words OMG, WOW, and HOLY SMOKES? But I find myself yet again at a loss for different words to review her latest book except to say WOW, she blew me away again. In most books you normally have two main characters that the book focuses around with a few others mixed in for substance. Not when Kelly Cozy writes a book. You have your main character, Drew Finley but as you read the book, character upon character is added that adds depth and intrigue to the plotline. And the attention to detail for each person, situation or scenario is remarkable. Reading a story with so much detail transports me to the places and I’m in the book as a bystander watching it all unfold like it was really happening in real life. I know I’ve probably said that before in a previous review but it’s true. The first sentence in chapter one is “He knows who I am.” If that doesn’t grab your attention and keep you reading, I feel sorry for you.

Drew is a recovering alcoholic that let a crime story destroy his life. He has finally found a place to rebuild his life when he moves to Los Cielos and begins working for the Weekly. Normal is what he wants and that is what he has…for a little while. His girlfriend Evie is a little eccentric in a great way and she balances him out quite nicely. But once his attention gets focused on the local celebrity who may have been framed for murder, everything important to him gets overcome with his obsessive need to get to the truth. Jones Cavanaugh was the basketball coach that was convicted of killing one of the players. Audrey, the boss at the Weekly wants to do a piece on Cavanaugh and she assigns Drew to the story. And that is when his life is changed forever. After a meeting with Cavanaugh, Drew is beginning to think he is innocent so he digs deeper, talking to witnesses and anyone involved to get to the truth. But what he finds is not what you expect. And Drew’s reaction changes many lives forever. Could I see the ending coming? NO WAY. That’s the best part about reading a Kelly Cozy book, you never know what will happen and at the end you have to pick your mouth up off the floor. And then you are depressed because the book is over and you have to wait until the next one is written! That’s what happens to me anyways! This book is a great read and I highly recommend it and any other book she has written.

Copy supplied by the author.

Reviewed by Tricia